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scottie1


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Coup Droit wrote:

I saw Mandy play on grass twice last year and, although she plays as a clay player, she actually (in my view) has certain skills on it - she keeps low (as clay courters do, and she's not that tall) so the low bounce doesn't undo her (as it does some of the tall girls) - and she's lithe and nimble, so reacts well to the speed, with good reflexes - net, net, she's never going to be a good grass courter (she won her first round at Surbiton against Fran which, honestly, was not a great match), but she's not useless - and her performance at the Wimbly qualifiers was very respectable - she played the hardest QR1 match, in my opinion, against a very able Mandy Minella.

I saw her at Roehampton against Peirera I think that is how you spell it Both clay courters Mandy never looked like winning that one  



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It apparently rained heavily in Chiasso over night. The centre court is flooded and they are trying to get a second court up to scratch. There is a danger that the final will be played on a fast indoor carpet court which I don't think would be great for Mandy against the heavy hitting (and apparently rather rude) Bulgarian.

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Thanks for the info PockyTastic. Hope they manage to get an outside court ready for them.

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PockyTastic wrote:

It apparently rained heavily in Chiasso over night. The centre court is flooded and they are trying to get a second court up to scratch. There is a danger that the final will be played on a fast indoor carpet court which I don't think would be great for Mandy against the heavy hitting (and apparently rather rude) Bulgarian.

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Match now showing as warming up on livescores. Hope it's outside on clay.

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Thankfully it's going to be played outdoors on clay:

Michele Galoppini @MikGaloppini
#ITFChiasso's final will start in few minutes, on an outdoor court - they managed to properly prepare it despite the heavy rain of tonight






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No early holds. Mandy having her first serve hammered. 1-2*

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First hold for Mandy to tidy it up a bit...

2-5*

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...and a break, 3*-5...

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...and 3-6.

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From 0-2* down, Mandy wins three in a row, to lead by one hold, 3*-2...

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wimdledont wrote:

From 0-2* down, Mandy wins three in a row, to lead by one hold, 3*-2...

 Yes, great to see more fight from Mandy this set - 100% of first serves in, has won half of them! First set less than 40%



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Mandy serving to stay in the match - for a while I wondered, went to deuce a few times, but she holds, 3-6 5-5

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5-5, with Mandy getting 28/29 first serves in this set...

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...and she's going to have to serve to stay in the match again 5-6

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